Nahum 2:6 “The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.”

Nahum 2:6

The river gates are thrown open and the palace collapses.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The gates of the rivers shall be opened, and the palace shall be dissolved.

World English Bible

The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

American Standard Version

The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace is dissolved.

Geneva Bible 1599

The gates of the riuers shalbe opened, and the palace shall melt.

Darby Translation

The gates of the rivers are opened, and the palace melteth away.

Young's Literal Translation

Gates of the rivers have been opened, And the palace is dissolved.

Bible in Basic English

The river doorways are forced open, and the king's house is flowing away.

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Cross references

“gates”

Isaiah 45:1 Isaiah 45:2

Isaiah 45:1 · BSB

This is what the LORD says to Cyrus His anointed, whose right hand I have grasped to subdue nations before him, to disarm kings, to open the doors before him, so that the gates will not be shut:

Isaiah 45:2 · BSB

“I will go before you and level the mountains; I will break down the gates of bronze and cut through the bars of iron.

“dissolved”

2 Peter 3:10 2 Peter 3:11

2 Peter 3:10 · BSB

But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.

2 Peter 3:11 · BSB

Since everything will be destroyed in this way, what kind of people ought you to be? You ought to conduct yourselves in holiness and godliness

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

5He summons his nobles; they stumble as they advance. They race to its wall; the protective shield is set in place.

7It is decreed that the city be exiled and carried away; her maidservants moan like doves, and beat upon their breasts.

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